Category: Blair Howard

It took a while, but Saffron is right now getting her fingernails and hair pulled out by my editor. Publication date is tentatively set for Friday, March 9. As for Saffron getting her hair pulled, I seem to have lost most of mine - I did a little pulling myself trying to get the pesky story finished. Finally, though, it was wrapped up on February 16, much to my relief. So what's it about? Jasmine was Kate Gazzara's first =...

It's been a wild ride these last two years. Since September 2015 I've written 13 novels - 12 Harry Starke mysteries and 1 Kate Gazzara police procedural. Hoodwinked, Harry 12, was released on November 5th then... Kaplooey, nothing. Well, I made a start on Kate 2, but that was like a donkey's gallop, soon over. I lost my incentive. I had, and still have, no desire to work. No, it's not writer's block. I have plenty of ideas, just a...

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="219"] Jasmine, a Lt. Kate Gazzara Novel[/caption] Wow, I had my fingies and toeses crosses when I began work on Jasmine three months ago. I was pretty unsure about what I was doing, or if I could pull it off at all. First, I wasn't sure if a spin-off from the Harry Starke series would be accepted by his fans, and there must be many thousands of them because between Amazon and Goodreads, the series has garnered...

Yes, there's still time, but I'm bringing the offer to a close very soon. If you'd like a free copy, please grab it now while you still can. Just click this link and I'll send it to you. This was the book that started it all. To date, more than 120,000 copies of Harry Starke books have been either purchased or downloaded, and between Amazon Worldwide and Goodreads they have more 3,000 reviews at a better than 4.3-star rating. You...

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="263"] Jasmine, a Lt. Kate Gazzara Novel[/caption] The 1st draft is complete and has winged its way to the editor. Editing should be complete in time for me to officially launch the book on either September 8 or 9. I struggled a little with this one, but I think it turned out quite well, but only you, the readers, can decide that. I managed to add the usual twist to the end of the story, and there's...

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="263"] Jasmine, a Lt. Kate Gazzara Novel[/caption] Just to bring you up to speed on my latest WIP, Jasmine. It’s progressing. I’m almost at the half way point. The plot is complete, but still mostly in my head. I just have to get it out. As you all know by now, it’s the first book in a new series of crime novels featuring Lt. Kate Gazzara, Harry Starke’s one-time partner. I say series now, but if Jasmine...

I was reading through some of the comments posted on the ads I have running on Facebook. I am literally stunned. I wrote the first Harry Starke novel in September of 2015. I nearly didn’t publish it, thinking it would be trashed. It wasn’t. Today, that book has 172 reviews on Amazon U.S. alone at a 4.6-star rating. It has another 160 ratings on Goodreads. Between Amazon and Goodreads, the Harry Starke series has more than 3,000 positive reviews and...

I just listened to the final version of the audio book of Calaway Jones and approved it for publication. Tom Lennon, as always, did an amazing job of the narrative. His sense of pace is excellent and even though I know the story as well as I do he kept me listening - it was, for me at least - an almost out of body experience. The release of the audio version of the book is a still maybe ten...

Oh yes, after more than eight years building my own website using Dreamweaver to build it and Hostmonster to host it, I decided to make things a little easier on myself HAHHAHA. I decided first to go the Websitebuilder.com route and I did indeed build a nice-looking website. Trouble was I couldn't link it to my blog (which by then had completely disappeared) or my email. The result? Four days wasted, down the toilet. So, I cancelled that account and...

The New Harry Starke Novel is Available Now The latest novel in my Harry Starke series, Calaway Jones, went live a couple of weeks ago. It had a great start and I'd like to thank all who have either purchased a copy or downloaded it through Kindle Unlimited. The book already has 76 reviews at a 4.7-star rating. Thank you to all who posted reviews. Without you I couldn't do what I do. The new book, DEAD, is well under...